Metallic railway-tie.



PATENTED MAR.13,1906.

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META'LLIG RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED 001. 2a, 1905. v

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WILHELM GRIESSER, OF JOPLIN, MISSOURI.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

i Application filed October 23, 1905. Serial 110.284.045.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WILHELM GRIESSER, acitizen of the United States, residing at J op- 'lin, in the county ofJasper and State of MIS- souri, have invented new and usefulImprovements inMetallic Railway-Ties, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inmetallic railway-ties, and has for its object to provide a compound tiewhich'shall combine strength and durability with simplicity ofconstruction and in the use of which the rails may be readily secured tothe tie and when so secured will be prevented from spreading.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, I haveillustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cross-tie constructed according to myinvention. Fig.

2 is a view in side elevation of the same, but showlng 1n section theralls secured thereon.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, in end elevation,

of the cross-tie; and Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating amodification."

The mam body of my tie is composed of two plates or bars of metal, eachof which is bent at right anglesto itself. Two of these ,members 1 2,which in the use of the tie will occupy'a vertical position, are unitedby means of rivets or bolts 3 passed through them, and the other twomembers 4 5 will thus project in opposite directions to form acontinuous base for the cross-tie. Each of the members 1 2 isstrengthened by having pressed therein webs or braces 6, these braceseing. also integral with the base members 4 5. The braces 6 aresubstantially triangular in shape, the apex of each being located nearthe upper ends of themembers 1 2 and the base of each of said triangularbraces being on the base members 4 or 5. In order to provide seats forthe rails at or near opposite ends-of the cross-ties, I provide twocastings, 7

each of which comprises a web 7, a base 8,

\ and a head 9 10, respectively. Integral flanges 11 extend laterallyfrom the Web 7 and between the heads 9 and 10 and the base 8. Thesecastings are applied to opposite sides of the cross-tie nearthe outerends thereof, and rivets or bolts 12 are passed through the webs 7 andthe web members 1 2 of the cross-tie to securely clamp said castings inposition. cure the base 8 of the castings to'the base members 4 and 5 ofthe cross-tie, as clearly Specification of Letters Patent.

- struction.

Rivets or bolts 13 also se- Patented March 13, 1906.

shown in Fig. 3. The heads 9 and 10 form when the castings are securedin position as described a continuous seat for the rail, the head 10projecting a slight distance inward beyond the web 7, so as to extendover the.

upper ends of the web members 1 2 of the cross-tie, as clearly shown byFig. 3.

14 indicates a tongue for engaging one side of the brace of the rail,one part 15 of this tongue and a strengthening-flange 16 being formedintegral with the head 10 and the other portion 17 of said tongue beingcarried by the head 9.

Recesses are provided at the meeting edges of the heads 9 and 10t0 forman aperture 18 for receiving a bolt 19, by means of which thev rail maybe clamped by a plate 20 on the opposite side of that engaged by thetongue 14. The modified construction illustrated in Fig. 4 'difiers fromthe construction just described, owing to the fact that the web members1 and 2 and the base members4 and 5 are made by bending a single plateupon itself to form these parts, so that the body of the tie will be anintegral construction. The seats of the rail are applied to thisconstruction exactlyin the same manner as above described with referenceto the preferred con- I-Iaving thus fully described invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic railwayetie comprising metal ings formed in two parts andsecured on opposite sides of said cross-tie and near opposite endsthereof to the web and base members thereof, each of said pairs ofcastings affording a flattened portion forming a seat for the rail andhavin an integral tongue for engaging one side 0' the base of said rail,and opposite said tongue a bolt-hole.

3. A metallic railway-tie comprising metal plates secured together toform a web member and bent outwardly in opposite directions IIO at rightangles to said web member to form a base, and having integral bracesconnecting the Web member with said base on both sides of the tie, andmetalcastings formed in two parts and secured on opposite sides of thetie near the outer ends thereof, each of said pairs of castings beingprovided with a flat seat for receiving the base of the rail, anintegral tongue to engage one side of the base of the rail and oppositesaid tongue with a bolt-hole whereby a suitable clamp may be applied tothe other side of the base of the rail.

4; A metallic railway tie comprising a sheet of metal bent upon itselfto provide two members extending parallel and in contact with each otherto form a web and being bent outwardly in opposite directions at rightangles to said web to form a base, said parallel members being connectedtogether, and angular metal castings secured to and in facecontact withsaid base and web near opposite ends of said tie and affording seats forthe bases of the two rails of a track, and means for securing said railsto said seats.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILHELM GRIESSER.

Witnesses:

R. B. PETTY, Jr., E. A. Monnow.

